Practice: Seeing from the Universal Perspective
Buddhist psychology is filled with practices that shift us to the universal perspective. These include contemplations on the vastness of time, the cycles of impermanence,...
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Practice: Meeting Difficulty with Wise Intention
Pick a situation of difficulty or conflict with others. Reflect on your last encounters and on the motivation from which you operated. How did this...
Practice: Recognizing Our Mind States
You can begin to study the effects of the states of mind that fill your days. To start, it helps to become deliberately aware of...
Seeing the Secret Goodness
We can practice the awakening of sacred perception in our daily life, step-by-step. 1) Wait for a day when you awaken in a fine...
Inner Freedom: Liberation of the Heart
If we do not focus on human limits and pathology, what is the alternative? There is another orientation, a way to recover our human happiness. ...
Practice: Don’t Know Mind
Use this practice to bring wisdom to a situation of inner or outer conflict. Initially begin by sitting. Later you can practice in social...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 26 – When Love Meets Sorrow
“When Love meets sorrow it becomes compassion” As we become silent we start to awaken to the mystery of this human realm. We begin...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 23 – Garden of the Heart
Spiritual practice requires of us a kind and devoted attention to the opening of the body as well as the heart. We cultivate the necessary...
Practice: Visualization
To work with a sacred image, choose someone who inspires you, St. Francis or Kwan Yin the goddess of infinite mercy, Jesus or Mary, Buddha...
The Storytelling Mind (Part Two)
(Read Part One of The Storytelling Mind) When we look at the constant and repetitive process of our own thinking, we see how habitually it...
Practice: Counting Thoughts
“With the mind, observe the mind.” – Buddha This first simple practice gives an immediate experience of mindfulness of thought. Sit comfortably and quietly. After...
Establishing a Daily Meditation
First select a suitable place for your regular meditation. Place a meditation cushion or chair there for your use, and add any books or images...
